Roger Highfield
Museum exec, writer & visiting prof at @Dunn_School and @UCLChemistry. Ex New Scientist Editor & Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Neutron bouncer
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Physicists close in on elusive neutrino’s mass
Experiment produces best laboratory estimate yet of super-light particle’s maximum mass.
Roger Highfield
Physicists close in on elusive neutrino’s mass
5h
Fruit flies' microbiomes shape their evolution
In just five generations, an altered microbiome can lead to genome-wide evolution in fruit flies, according to new research led researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. 'The fact that we can see this effect in experiments done over such a...
Roger Highfield
Do fruit flies' microbiomes shape their evolution? Distinct shifts in the genomes of flies fed different bacterial species after just five generations
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Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves
Researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers when stimulated by light -- bringing mechanical engineering one step closer to developing autonomous biobots.
Roger Highfield
Microscopic biohybrid robots with muscles & nerves eurekalert.org/e/9gkd We are one step closer to autonomous biobots...
5h
This Is Engineering
Engineering is at the cutting edge: from robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to mobile phones, medical technology, advanced sports equipm...
Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bill Gates
Billionaire philanthropist urges investors to back tech that helps cut emissions instead
Roger Highfield
Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bill Gates @BillGates ft.com/content/21009e… via @financialtimes
6h
Geochemists measure new composition of Earth's mantle
Geochemists have investigated the volcanic rocks that build up the Portuguese island group of the Azores in order to gather new information about the compositional evolution of the Earth's interior. The results suggest that a larger amount of the...
Running—or sitting—can change the shape of your heart
Being a couch potato makes your heart look more like an ape’s
Roger Highfield
Running—or sitting—can change the shape of your heart sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/r… Wonder what shape my heart is, given my treadmill desk?
24h
Making the planetary personal: the roots of climate science
Ruth A. Morgan lauds a book chronicling the evolution of Earth-systems science through the stories of its luminaries.
World's biggest amphibian 'discovered' in museum
DNA from historical museum specimens may help save the giant salamander from extinction in the wild.
LATES:Good Vibrations
Music event in City of Bradford, United Kingdom by National Science and Media Museum on Thursday, September 26 2019
legacy designs for cultural institutions at london design festival 2019
Roger Highfield
10 designers craft legacy pieces for cultural institutions at #LDF2019, with #Beehave, Marlène Huissoud‘s offering, creating a buzz (ho ho) for Sir Ian Blatchford, director of the @ScienceMuseum
28h
New study shows common carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
In a recent study, an international team of researchers analyzed fish bones excavated from the Early Neolithic Jiahu site in Henan Province, China. By comparing the body-length distributions and species-composition ratios of the bones with findings...
Big data, bench science suggests drug may slow Parkinson's progression in people
A drug used to treat enlarged prostate may also slow the progression of Parkinson's disease, according to a study by an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Iowa.
Roger Highfield
Drug used to treat enlarged prostate appears to improve Parkinson's symptoms in experimental models and human database analysis
28h
Artificial Intelligence Confronts a 'Reproducibility' Crisis
Machine-learning systems are black boxes even to the researchers that build them. That makes it hard for others to assess the results.
Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist
Astronomers using the GBT have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of existence, approaching the theoretical...
Welcome indoors, solar cells
Swedish and Chinese scientists have developed organic solar cells optimised to convert ambient indoor light to electricity. The power they produce is low, but is probably enough to feed the millions of products that the internet of things will bring...
Act now and avert a climate crisis
Nature joins more than 250 media outlets in Covering Climate Now a unique collaboration to focus attention on the need for urgent action.
Core Research Labs - Tour 2
Join us for an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Natural History Museum Core Laboratories as part of ChemFest 2019, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements. The tour, hosted by Dame Mary Archer, SMG Chair and Chris...
Core Research Labs - Tour 1
Join us for an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Natural History Museum Core Laboratories as part of ChemFest 2019, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements. The tour, hosted by Dame Mary Archer, SMG Chair and Chris...
Mystery surrounding two Victorian frogs is solved
The frogs have been in the Museum collection since 1852.
Roger Highfield
Victorian frogs that have been in the @NHM_London collection since 1852, after being collected by British zoologist Louis Fraser, are indeed a distinct species, Fraser's clawed frog
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